Transatlantic tariffs over Airbus/Boeing subsidies lifted
In separate trade accords, the United States has agreed with the United Kingdom and the European Commission to reciprocally suspend… Read More »
Employee consortium out of race to buy Air India – report
The employee consortium that expressed an interest in buying Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has not been shortlisted for the… Read More »
Hotels-for-homeless effort won’t grow, L.A. County says
Los Angeles County officials have decided not to expand a program using hotels to house homeless people at risk of… Read More »
Lag in business travel may become permanent
The effect of the pandemic on the business travel industry has been 10 times more serious than both the Sept…. Read More »
IHG’s Meet with Confidence program meets new normal
IHG Hotels & Resorts is expanding its meetings menu to take advantage of growing confidence in travel, with emphasis on… Read More »
Foreclosure actions hit 3 Chicago hotels
Two downtown Chicago hotels and another in the suburb of Schaumburg face foreclosure suits as the pandemic continues to batter… Read More »
Vinpearl hopes to build $2.2B casino-resort in Vietnam
Vinpearl has submitted a proposal for a $2.2 billion casino-resort in Vietnam, which, if approved, would be the ninth casino… Read More »
Hard-hit property sectors showing signs of recovery
The FTSE Nareit All Equity Index total returns rose 2.72% in February, and Nareit EVP of Research and Investor Outreach… Read More »
RFP issued for development of NYC site
Empire State Development has issued a request for proposal for a hotel-centered commercial or mixed-use development as part of a… Read More »
Southwest donation in action at the local level
100 Black Men of America shared how Southwest Airlines’ investment in its community is making a difference, including providing internet… Read More »
American Airlines pilot publishes poetry book
American Airlines pilot, Linda Pauwels, is the force behind “Beyond Haiku: Pilots Write Poetry,” an anthology that includes the contributions… Read More »
Southwest plans service to 3 new cities
Southwest Airlines is launching three more cities to its route map: Bellingham, Wash.; Eugene, Ore.; and Myrtle Beach, S.C. The… Read More »
Air Canada recognized for workplace diversity efforts
Air Canada has been included on the list of Canada’s “best diversity employers” for the sixth straight year by Mediacorp… Read More »
US airlines prepared to facilitate employee vaccinations
American and United Airlines are set to start vaccinating their workforce at O’Hare International Airport this week. Meanwhile, Delta Air… Read More »
Enterprise Helping Local Restaurant Industry With Employee Bonus
Enterprise Holdings, which owns Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, gifted all 80,000 of its employees… Read More »
Egypt’s Air Cairo, SunExpress ink cooperation agreement
Air Cairo (SM, Cairo Int’l) is making a major push into the German-speaking market, having signed a sales cooperation agreement… Read More »
Alaska Airlines launches B737 MAX 9 operations
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) launched B737-9 operations on March 1, 2021, just over a month after the first… Read More »
Utah’s Skywest takes over EAS at Joplin, MO from AA
Utah-based regional carrier SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) will launch daily flights from Joplin, Missouri, to both Chicago O’Hare… Read More »
Saudia Cargo, Alibaba ink air bridge pact
Saudia Cargo, a division of Saudia (SV, Jeddah), is to operate an air bridge between Asia and Europe via Saudi… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation opens Sharjah cargo base
Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has established its first Middle Eastern base at Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates,… Read More »
Debt restructuring thins Khazanah’s Malaysia Airlines stake
Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, has said that its equity in Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) had been… Read More »
Gov’t to divest Air India groundhandler – report
India’s government is reportedly readying the sale of a profitable groundhandling unit belonging to Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) amid… Read More »
MAAS Aviation partners with FL Technics to create world class re-delivery centre in Kaunas, Lithuania
Following a multi-million Euro investment, MAAS Aviation, recognised experts in aircraft painting and exterior coatings, has opened a new purpose-built… Read More »
Lufthansa sees no future for A380s but will add B787-9s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is unlikely to ever reactivate its fourteen mothballed A380-800s and will instead boost its medium-size widebody… Read More »
Google it: Travel is much on consumers’ minds
Analysis of activity via Google, the world’s leading search engine, indicates that interest in travel coupled with optimism over vaccine… Read More »
Poll finds vast majority forgoing spring break travel
Only 12% of Americans plan spring break trips despite widening availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a survey by… Read More »